Stephen King

Shelley Duvall, the versatile actor known for her role in "The Shining" and collaboration with director Robert Altman, died Thursday aged 75.

Citing her partner Dan Gilroy, The Hollywood Reporter said Duvall died in her sleep at her home in Blanco, Texas following complications of diabetes.

Actor George Clooney, a fervent supporter of the Democrats, wrote an article published in the New York Times urging US President Joe Biden to withdraw from the upcoming November presidential election amidst doubts about his health.

Moscow authorities have stirred controversy by banning the sale of 252 books under the guise of combating LGBTQ+ propaganda. Among the blacklisted titles are works by revered authors spanning generations, including Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Oscar Wilde, Haruki Murakami, and Stephen King.

The first time Michael Whelan was warned that robots were coming for his job was in the 1980s. He had just finished painting the cover for a mass-market paperback edition of Stephen King's "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger," a gritty portrait of the title character with the outline of a tower glimpsed through the haze behind him.

New horror film "Five Nights at Freddy's" shot to the top of the North American box office this pre-Halloween weekend, taking in an estimated $78 million, a frighteningly good opening for a film also available via streaming.

Stephen King on beginning IT by killing off a 6-year-old

The Romantso venue is organizing a Halloween party inspired by the creepy clown in Stephen King's best-selling novel "It," who has a knack for embodying everyone's worst nightmares. The theme coincides with screenings at Greek theaters of the book's latest film adaptation, directed by Andy Muschietti. Admission is free of charge and doors open at 11 p.m.

Nostalgic horror sensation "Stranger Things" unveiled a new trailer set to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" on July 22 as it built buzz for season two at the San Diego Comic-Con fan convention.

The Onassis Cultural Center is screening the extended version of Stanley Kubrick's classic thriller "The Shining," based on the novel by Stephen King, on Monday, January 16. With 24 additional minutes of chilling scenes, the screening starts at 8 p.m. and admission costs 7 euros (5-6 euros reduced).

Earlier on today, horror fiction author Stephen King tweeted from Maine where he lives that he would be going offline for a while, a decision brought on by the bitter defeat of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. “No more book recommendations, politics, or amusing dog pictures for the immediate future,” he tweeted to his 2.5 million followers. “I’m shutting down.”